The Daily Numbers (Election Edition):
27,000 vote margin for Republican Pat Meehan over Bryan Lentz in the 7th District Congressional race.
2 more supervisors added to the board in Bethel, according to voting yesterday. The board will now be 5 members, not 3.
2,000 vote margin for Joe Hackett over Walt Waite in the 161st state House seat vacated by Lentz.
2 incumbent Democrat state reps who posted wins. That would be Thaddeus Kirkland in Chester and Greg Vitali in Haverford.
1 Democrat who posted an upset win yesterday, with Margo Davidson beating Maureen Carey for the 164th state House seat vacated by Mario Civera.
1,734 votes cast for third-party candidate Jim Schneller in the 7th District race.
6 feet 7 inches, height of former Eagle Jon Runyan, who is headed to Congress from South Jersey.
10 governorships across the country that flipped from Democrat to the GOP, including Tom Corbett’s win in Pa.
60 seats in the U.S. House gained by Republicans, the biggest shift in more than 70 years. So long, Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
110 seats in the 203-member Pa. House now in hands of GOP, meaning they control both House and Senate.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Jon Runyan is going to Washington. Maybe he can have a reunion with troubled QB Donovan McNabb.
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I Don’t Get It: So much for Christine O’Donnell. Voters in Delaware had the good sense to reject her candidacy for the U.S. Senate.
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Today’s Upper: Really, regardless of who won the Lentz-Meehan battle in the 7th, Delco was going to be well-represented. Kudos to both men.
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Quote Box: “What a wonderful evening, what a wonderful victory. This win belongs to you.”
- Pat Meehan, addressing campaign workers after claiming victory last night in the 7th District Congress race last night.
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